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News Source: http://snydeysense.com
Published: Sep 16, 2008 - 02:02 am
Story Found By: martinbowling 1347 Days ago
Category: SEM
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The productivity increase is what it’s all about. But somedays I find the connectivity to be essential. Outside of a work setting, Twitter has helped to strengthen connections with folks I wouldn’t otherwise think I had a lot in common with.
EricLander"Twitter has helped to strengthen connections with folks I wouldn’t otherwise think I had a lot in common with"And thats what most beutiful about Twitter!
Twitter is a virtual water cooler. Productivity is an issue but think about it in terms of offline work - do you hang round the *real* watercooler all day? Of course not.You can easily leave it running and tune out to focus on something else, especially with 2 monitors. I read one tweet from an SEO who shall remain nameless to the effect that reading through all the nights tweets when they came into work was getting hard. To me that is really crazy. Check your @ or DM messages but be serious - you can forget about the rest. For me the benefits outweight the time cost. I’ve met some great people through it - and agree with Eric 100% on that one, it does build relationships. I’m not seen that much negativity on Twitter but then again living in Russia and being a Brit I’m fairly thick skinned. I’d rather be kicking Eric’s puppy than seeing too much "love, peace and unicorns" as Boser puts it. ;)
I think one downside of using Twitter everyday is ’mind clutter’. It’s not really about productivity, but maybe about sub-consciously losing focus or drive due to the insertion of too much irrelevant information. I’m concerned with that happening. I used to do Twitter pretty much everyday but have recently stopped twittering on the weekends, as a form of detox.
I’m generally amazed to see all the people who are posting on twitter all daying long during typical work time. (Now, perhaps they work evenings instead.)I have to keep it off during the day and only post if I have a specific reason to. I try to catch up with what happened briefly at lunch time (on some days), and when I come home later. Chances are, you really haven’t missed much when away from it!It’s fun, and it’s a great way to socialize as well as get the word out about your stuff, but you really do have to be careful not to let it make you unproductive at work. For most people, Twitter isn’t truly a part of their actual job (although there are exceptions).
I’ve always stayed away from Twitter because of the productivity/distraction concern. I played with Plurk for a while (and did see the benefits), but personally don’t feel the need to be constantly hyper-connected. Perhaps it’s because I’m detached from the industry over here in Australia.
Awesome post, Dave, enjoyed it. And these comments.I agree with Nick sorta- I can think of some super negative people, but I still find their tweets useful. Some of the most positive tweets are useless- you left out NEUTRAL tweets- not everything has a strong attitude to it- questions can be neutral but foster engagement...I’m with Jill, too- to work, I have to keep Twitter off. I spend focused time on Twitter when I’m in the mood, But then again, I have down moments where I use the Twitterberry... there are times during the day when work is impossible, and that time might be useless- stoplights, for example, if you’re driving...A la DoshDosh’s comments, the key for me with Twitter, like most media for me, is control- pull only - that’s why I don’t use TwitterFox- I don’t want it to pull me in when I should be focusing. PR: wait... I: wait... L: wait... LD: wait... I: wait...wait... C: wait... SD: wait...